Three hours of classical sparkle

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This week, Sarah Walker brings a warming musical glow to the final Sunday of 2025. From sunshine-filled Fauré and the spirited brilliance of Emilie Mayer to Percy Grainger’s much-loved Irish Tune and Rimsky-Korsakov’s shimmering world of Sheherazade. There’s also a moment of Elizabethan lute-playing from John Dowland, a cheerful Christmastide chorus from Vaughan Williams, and a luminous late-morning highlight from Samuel Coleridge-Taylor with his romantic Ballade in A minor. Plus, today’s Choral Reflection takes Sarah to the wintery climes of Iceland for a stirring performance of a piece by celebrated musician Bára Grimsdóttir, sung by Reykjavik based Mótettukórimm. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3.